title: Acidic calcium stores of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: Fungi and animals constitute sister kingdoms in the eukaryotic domain of life. The major classes of transporters, channels, sensors, and effectors that move and respond to calcium ions were already highly networked in the common ancestor of fungi and animals. Since that time, some key components of the network have been moved, altered, relocalized, lost, or duplicated in the fungal and animal lineages and at the same time some of the regulatory circuitry has been dramatically rewired. Today the calcium transport and signaling networks in fungi provide a fresh perspective on the scene that has emerged from studies of the network in animal cells. This review provides an overview of calcium signaling networks in fungi, particularly the model yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with special attention to the dominant roles of acidic calcium stores in fungal cell physiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. kwc@jhu.edu
authors.forename: Kyle W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Cunningham
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D019703:Calcineurin / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D055571:Secretory Pathway; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002147:Calmodulin; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D019703:Calcineurin; C545897:ATP6V0D2 protein, human; D025262:Vacuolar Proton-Translocating ATPases; D002118:Calcium